With the approval of a wide range of valves for use in gas-fuelled ships by the certification body Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Herose has taken a decisive step in the ‘new and promising’ LNG business.
According to the latest issue of Herose’s internal publication Valves Community, by 2016 it will not only be Europe’s inland waterway ship owners that will be forced to convert their engines to more stringent exhaust gas regulations, so too will ship owners in the Baltic.
It’s thought that this will dramatically increase the price of conventional fuels and LNG will then become an even more viable and ‘attractive’ alternative.
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